PORTABLE COMPUTER KEYBOARD FOR USE WITH A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT HOST COMPUTERS - Patent 0758478

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EP 0 758 478 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	19.02.1997 Bulletin 1997/08

(21)	Application number: 96908629.0

(22)	Date of filing: 04.03.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 1/ 32^{( . )}
G06F 1/ 28^{( . )}
G06F 3/ 023^{( . )}

G06F 1/ 26^{( . )}
G06F 3/ 02^{( . )}
G09G 5/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/002924

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/027867 (12.09.1996 Gazette 1996/41)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

03.03.1995 US 19950398355

(71)	Applicants:
	Intelligent Peripheral Devices, Inc. Cupertino, CA 95014 (US) Barrus, Joseph P. San Jose, CA 95124 (US) Kothari, Ketan D. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BARRUS, Joseph, P. San Jose, CA 95124 (US) KOTHARI, Ketan, D. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (US)

(74)	Representative: Meddle, Alan Leonard
	FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38 80801 München 80801 München (DE)

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